Table 3.

Effect of rimonabant and indomethacin on the oedematous response in croton oil-induced ear dermatitis after 6 h and 24 h

			6 h		24 h
Substance	Number of mice	Dose (µmol cm2-1)	Oedema (mg) mean ± SD	% reduction	Oedema (mg) mean ± SD	% reduction
Controls	10	–	7.0 ± 0.8	–	2.3 ± 0.6	–
Rimonabant	10	0.3	3.0 ± 0.6**	57	1.2 ± 0.4*	48
Indomethacin	10	0.3	2.7 ± 0.9**	61	2.2 ± 0.6	4

^*P < 0.005,

^**P < 0.001, significantly different from control values; one-way anova.